Improving Gaming Performance

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Improving Gaming Performance

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Thesis Statement

Thesis

To what extent can the use of sound systems, big and high resolution screens, caffeine usage, and relaxation techniques improve gaming performance?

Keywords

Information-Rich Virtual Environment (IRVE), experiment, field of view, large high-resolution displays, user study, wayfinding aid

Bibliography

The effects of low doses of caffeine on human performance and mood:

http://www.springerlink.com/content/v5523347762rw558/

Effects of Acute Psychosocial Stress on Working Memory Related Brain Activity in Men:

http://journals1.scholarsportal.info.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/details-sfx.xqy?uri=/10659471/v31i0009/1418_eoapsomrbaim.xml

High fat diet increases hippocampal oxidative stress and cognitive impairment in aged mice: implications for decreased Nrf2 signaling:

http://journals2.scholarsportal.info.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/tmp/570883410345113880.pdf

Effects of caffeine and glucose, alone and combined, on cognitive performance:

http://journals2.scholarsportal.info.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/tmp/4098280936760419171.pdf

The Hax Life:

http://www2.razerzone.com/haxlife/index.php

Effects of caffeine and noise on mood, performance and cardiovascular functioning:

http://journals1.scholarsportal.info.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/tmp/11027014133817505061.pdf

Learning to react like a god:

http://www.nextlevelgamer.com/game-strategy/how-to-improve-your-reaction-time

Understanding and crafting the mix: the art of recording:

http://books.google.ca/books?id=ZgdkVhHUjEMC&pg=PA48&lpg=PA48&dq=sound+enhance+spatial+sense&source=bl&ots=jZzfJuGcHi&sig=Mi_mzIkHCoIsaK7wEBxcf9SJCnM&hl=en&ei=c2K8TPa_HIyhnQfV5LXjDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&sqi=2&ved=0CBcQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=sound%20enhance%20spatial%20sense&f=false

Increased display size and resolution improve task performance in Information-Rich Virtual Environments:

http://lcweb.senecac.on.ca:2134/10.1145/1150000/1143102/p139-ni.pdf?key1=1143102&key2=3235147821&coll=ACM&dl=ACM&CFID=106265532&CFTOKEN=34658173